Articles by Vance Hanson

Remsen (G2) winner Paladin heads west from his winter base in Florida to New Orleans for the $500,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
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The postponement and redrawing of the $200,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct yielded no changes in the composition of the field.
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Originally scheduled for Jan. 31, the Southwest will now be run on Friday, Feb. 6.
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Favored at 11-10 in the seven-furlong Forward Gal, On Time Girl ran to expectations while securing 20 Oaks qualifying points.
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After a dull start to his racing career at Aqueduct in October, Nearly has dazzled in a pair of starts this winter at Gulfstream Park.
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The seven-year-old veteran ran the race of his life at Gulfstream Park on Saturday to upset the 1 1/8-mile fixture at odds of 21-1.
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One of the best turf horses in America two years ago, Program Trading will look to regain position in that hierarchy Saturday.
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Pegasus World Cup (G1) morning line favorite Disco Time is not the only budding star older horse competing at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
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Disco Time will take an unbeaten record into the $3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
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Accelerize sprung an 8-1 upset of the $173,250 Louisiana (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, re-rallying to defeat Just a Touch, who is now 0-for-7 in stakes company.
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Just a Touch has run fast enough during his start-and-stop career to have been a stakes winner by now, perhaps multiple times over.
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Chip Honcho will have to overcome a more challenging post position if he's to follow up his win in last month's Gun Runner S. in the $250,000 Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds on Saturday.
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Trainer Bob Baffert will again be heavily favored to win the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita on Saturday, as he saddles two leading contenders.
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My World made it 2-for-2 in stakes company in the $139,500 Jerome S. on Saturday.
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Brad Cox relies solely on two-time winner Rancho Santa Fe in the 1 1/16-mile Smarty Jones, a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep.
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Balboa will be a vastly lower price in the $150,000 Jerome S. at Aqueduct, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep.
Read ArticleWhat the American Oaks lacks in star power, it makes up for as a seemingly competitive betting race.
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The long Fair Grounds stretch ultimately worked in favor of Chip Honcho in the $100,000 Gun Runner S., run under the lights early Saturday night at the New Orleans track.
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Skippylongstocking added to his long list of stakes wins on Saturday with a head victory over 3-2 favorite Poster in the $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
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Veteran performer Skippylongstocking returns to action for the first time in nearly four months on Saturday in the $150,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3).
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